MDLT 2811 Microbiology I
Course Information
| Course Number | MDLT 2811 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Microbiology I |
| Description | This course covers the isolation and identification of clinically significant microorganisms. Emphasis is placed on specimen sources, growth characteristics, techniques for identification, and quality control. (Prerequisite: MDLT 1810 may be taken concurrently or with Program Director permission) |
| Total Credits | 3 |
| Total Hours | 80 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 1 Credit, 27 Hours |
| Lab | 2 Credits, 53 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: May be taken concurrently with MDLT 1810 or with Program Director permission.
Institutional Core Competencies
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Apply laboratory safety practices.
- Demonstrate standard quality assurance practices to ensure quality patient outcomes.
- List and describe prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Their possible morphologies and arrangements, nomenclature, and cell wall structure.
- Summarize the infectious disease process.
- Summarize the general microscopic, cultural, and other techniques for microbial identification.
- Describe the microbial mechanisms of pathogenicity and microbial avoidance of host immunity.
- Discuss pathologic effects of microbial invasion in the host.
- Explain and demonstrate proper microbiology specimen collection, transportation, and processing procedures.
- Discuss organism characteristics, clinical significance, cultural characteristics and identification, antibiotic susceptibility characteristics, habitat, and transmission of Staphylococcus organisms.
- Discuss organism characteristics, clinical significance, cultural characteristics and identification, antibiotic susceptibility characteristics, habitat, and transmission of Streptococcus organisms.
- Discuss organism characteristics, clinical significance, cultural characteristics and identification, antibiotic susceptibility characteristics, habitat, and transmission of Gram Negative Enteric organisms.
- Discuss organism characteristics, clinical significance, cultural characteristics and identification, antibiotic susceptibility characteristics, habitat, and transmission of Non-fermenting aerobic gram negative bacilli.
- Discuss organism characteristics, clinical significance, cultural characteristics and identification, antibiotic susceptibility characteristics, habitat, and transmission of Neisseria organisms.
- Discuss organism characteristics, clinical significance, cultural characteristics and identification, antibiotic susceptibility characteristics, habitat, and transmission of Hemophilus organisms.
- Discuss organism characteristics, clinical significance, cultural characteristics and identification, antibiotic susceptibility characteristics, habitat, and transmission of Aerobic gram positive bacilli.
- Discuss and perform Kirby-Bauer susceptibility testing.
- Discuss and perform blood cultures.
SCC Accessibility Statement
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